I have 10 white spruce trees, that are not seedlings but are only up to me knees, so they are quite young yet, I burlapped them last week, but the problem is that some of them are crooked, and im afraid that when the snow hits the burlap, it will weigh the trees down, causing them to brake, so should I just take the burlap off, I know the one by the road will need it, because of the road salt, but should I just take the burlap off for now? at least until November? and I also forgot to mulch them, is that really needed, I know they ware'nt planted very deep, and the roots might get frost on them, can they handle that? I have been watering them at least once a week, so how do I help them to survive the winter? please let me know. Thanks. Since nobody answered, I guess I'll just uncover them, because it looks funny anyhow.
You expected an answer within 80 minutes? You might get that on occasion, but I think the rule of thumb is to wait 24 hours before pointing out that your query hasn't been replied-to. (I don't know the answer, by the way)
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Remove the burlap, they don't need it, and it only serves as a hide-away for rodents that will chew the bark off. No-one puts burlap on them in the wild in subarctic Canada or Alaska!
Yes: A very hardy tree and even if it was a kind that did benefit from protection there this would be done only during cold spells, when killing temperature threatened. In your picture there is no snow and the deciduous trees behind are still in leaf. If this were a tree that needed protection to survive winters there then you would also have the problem of having to cover them in future years as well.
